tighten up meaning

• Verb: tighten up
  1. Restrict
     - stiffen, tighten, constrain

  Derived forms: tightening up, tightened up, tightens up

  Type of: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

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  [American slang]
  1. Lit. [for something] to get tighter.
    The door hinges began to tighten up, making the door hard to open and close.
    His grip around the handle tightened up and he refused to let go.
  2. Fig. [for someone or a group] to become miserly.
    The government tightened up and our budget was slashed.
    We almost went out of business when we couldn't get credit because the bank tightened up.
  3. Fig. [for someone or something] to become more restrictive.
    The boss is tightening up on new hiring.
     There are more rules and the people who enforce them are tightening up.

• She's got real beauty .-tighten up your pants
• tighten up the daily management of account receivable
• tighten up that girth .-i must go to san felipe
• tighten up the packing gland on the swivel
• You hear that ? ! tighten up
• Measures taken by lad to tighten up the means test and its application
• Then tighten up the 4 screws
• Please hand me the spanner; i've got to tighten up the what's-its-name
• Work swiftly, but don't tense up; relax your body and mind and never tighten up
• When trying to hit the ball hard, most players tend to tighten up

• "tighten up" meaning in Chinese: 拉紧
• "tighten up" meaning in Japanese: {句動-1} : 締め付ける、厳しくする--------------------------------------...
• "tighten up" meaning in Russian: 1) сжимать Ex: to tighten up one's grip сжимать крепче Ex:...